World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013) News & Breaking Stories

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Smackdown from the Past: World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002 – 2013)

In the thrilling world of professional wrestling, few titles have held more prestige or ignited more spirit than the World Heavyweight Championship, especially in its prime time between 2002 and 2013. So buckle up guys! Let’s take a nostalgic ride down memory lane.

'The Big Gold Belt' Era

Can you recall that iconic ‘Big Gold Belt’? And remember those nerve-wrenching matches where our favourite superstars would battle it out for this prestigious title? Starting as a way to foster competition within WWE against Monday Night RAW and Smackdown divisions in September of '02 between "Tthe Rock" Johnson and Brock Lesnar; it indeed was a time like no other?

The 'Superstars'

And how can we forget about Triple H — the first-ever winner—who dominated most of these championship years with his strength and guile, famously feuding with rivals such as Shawn Michaels, Goldberg, Edge or Batista? Think back on John Cena's winnings at WrestleMania XXV — wasn't that one epic night?

The Controversies!

It wasn't all glitz and glamour though. Who could disregard Mark Henry's shocking victory over Randy Orton—controversially aided by The Great Khali—or Jack Swagger's unexpected triumph due to Money In The Bank cash-ins causing nationwide uproars? But isn’t this unpredictability what made us keep coming back for more each week?